"who the hell put this banana here?!" lucas exclaimed as he pressed the button on the controller harder to make his kart accelerate.

it was a bit more than 2pm, and super m were playing games with their fans.

they had started with a classical uno and a quick would you rather before skipping to videogames, and more particularly 'mario kart'.

considering there was 14 of them, they had decided to make teams – the idols vs the fans – and each member of each team would participate in the races. they had declared that the first team reaching 500 points would be declared winner.

"these wheels are shit, who even chose them?!" lucas complained again as his screen indicated he was 10th out of 12.

"stop complaining for a second and just move your ass!" ten yelled back, eying the four screens.

lucas and taeyong were playing against ryuwon and donghyuck for this round.

donghyuck was leading the race, a small '1st' on the bottom left corner of his screen as his character drove quickly and agilely. ryuwon was only a few places behind him, but this was only because she had been hit by a banana at some point. lucas was still 10th, trying hard to overtake the other players. and taeyong had all of his concentration on the screen as he dodged bananas and shells that were being thrown at him to keep his 2ndplace.

"donghyuck, blue shell coming." miyeon declared as she saw the small object travelling through ryuwon and taeyong's screens before appearing on donghyuck's.

"it's fine, i'm ahead."

the tanned male waited for the blue object to hit him before he would start driving again, looking at the map quickly, only to realise that the 2nd and 3rd players were just behind him.

he tried his best ignoring his bias who was sitting next to him and who was constantly complaining about his characters or the objects that had been left in the middle of the path.

"donghyuck, another blue shell!" inhye exclaimed.

"taeyong, we're counting on you, it's your time to shine." taemin spoke seriously as taeyong hummed back.

donghyuck checked taeyong's screen quickly, seeing the blue shell appearing there and then flying to donghyuck's character. but donghyuck had a plan. as the blue shell turned around his character, donghyuck pressed the reverse gear button making his kart stop and roll backwards just a slight bit as taeyong's kart arrived full speed right by his side. and so, when the blue shell hit donghyuck, taeyong was too close to him, and his character was also hit by the object.

"taeyong what the hell!" baekhyun yelled.

"we trusted you!" kai added.

"b-but... he was far away in front of me!" taeyong stuttered, still surprised by the hit he had received.

"go ryuwon!!" younghae cheered as ryuwon – who was just behind taeyong – had foreseen donghyuck's plan and made sure to be far from them not to be hit. her character was now 1st, speeding towards the finishing line.

donghyuck started his kart again as soon as he was able to, and he managed to catch up with ryuwon, without overtaking her.

"taeyong quicker!" ten yelled.

"i'm doing my best!" the boy replied immediately, speeding though the colourful landscape.

donghyuck and ryuwon were already ahead of them, a few meters in front of the finishing line.

seeing as they were so close, the tanned male placed his kart directly behind ryuwon's, and after a few seconds he was able to get a boost and overtake ryuwon right before he crossed the finishing line, making him end 1st.

"yes!! donghyuck, ryuwon! you guys made it!" eunjin exclaimed happily as taeyong groaned when he crossed the finishing line as 3rd.

long seconds after, it was lucas' turn to cross it, finishing 8th.

donghyuck and ryuwon placed their controllers on the floor as they slowly stood up to leave their spot to two other players.

"lucas, you're definitely never playing again." taemin declared. "you were so bad."

"come on, everyone threw me bananas!" lucas whined, stretching his legs in front of him and mowing them around.

"dude, donghyuck there ended up 1st after being hit by 2 blue shells!" kai exclaimed.

"yes, but- "

"ahh!"

all of their attention was suddenly brought on donghyuck who had emitted a yelp as he fell to the floor loudly. thankfully, lucas was just next to him, allowing him to slow down his fall as he placed his arms under donghyuck's body.

"donghyuck! are you okay?" mark asked immediately as he approached the boy that had fallen – and made mark fall for him.

"i-i'm okay, i'm okay." the tanned male answered as he collected himself and stood up in a nick of time.

why did he have to embarrass himself once again?

it seemed like it was the only thing he had been doing since the beginning of the day.

once again, his cheeks were flushed pink as he prayed for someone to say something to get rid of this awkward moment.

while standing up after winning the race, donghyuck hadn't seen lucas stretching his legs and moving them around in exasperation, and this had caused the fanboy to trip on it and then fall.

on the one hand, donghyuck wanted to scold himself for being so careless and not looking at his surroundings, but on the other hand, he was kind of happy for falling, because lucas had caught him swiftly, like a prince charming would have saved his princess, and this had made donghyuck's heart go crazy.

"okay, next players!" baekyun declared as him, mark, heeyung and younghae sat on the floor to play the next race.

donghyuck headed to the couch where the people of their team who weren't playing were seated. he sighed as he let his body fall on the comfortable material, scooting aside slightly as ryuwon sat next to him.

the tanned male's eyes diverted between the screen and the players, laughing from time to time at baekhyun's screams of despair each time he was hit by an object.

"you know, it's not by making it look like you're a clumsy mess that you'll catch his eye."

donghyuck frowned, turning around to face ryuwon who had whispered these words to him.

"w-what?" he asked.

"i know what you're doing."she stated. "it won't work."

"what i am doing?" donghyuck raised a brow confusedly.

"yeah, embarrassing yourself to catch lucas' eye." ryuwon rolled her eyes.

"i... i'm not embarrassing myself on purpose..." donghyuck replied simply.

"well, stop then." ryuwon declared. "you won't be able to have him anyway."

the tanned male frowned, diverting his eyes from her and concentrating on the screen instead.

did it really seem like he was doing all of this on purpose?

did lucas really think that donghyuck was just putting on a show?

donghyuck hoped it wasn't the case.

the fanboy was trying his best to look presentable in front of his favourite idols. oh god, how much he wished to be as pretty as the six other fans that were here with him. they were all so girly and gorgeous as well as being sympathetic and funny. and donghyuck? well, he was just a boy... a clumsy boy who kept embarrassing himself with everything he did.

being here and spending some time with super m was a unique opportunity. a 'once in a lifetime' thing that most likely wouldn't ever happen again.

at the end of the day, the seven fans would leave, and super m will surely forget about them as they will keep focusing on their promotions.

this meant donghyuck should enjoy and cherish this day more than anything else, because his friends had done all they could to offer this unique opportunity to donghyuck, and he couldn't let it slip between his fingers like that.

what if he had embarrassed himself? this would maybe make super m not forget about him. yeah, maybe the seven boys would still be laughing about it in two years of time.

so, what if donghyuck was a clumsy mess?

♪

"okay, for the next two hours, you guys will be left alone for this very exclusive activity!" the staff declared as the fans stood in a line facing him. the seven super m members were just behind him, having a small talk.

"so, for the next two hours, each of you will be spending some time with one member of super m doing whatever you'd like to do!" the staff continued as the seven fans gasped in astonishment.

two full hours? being with a super m member? and doing whatever they wanted to do?

this had to be paradise...

or maybe it was a dream?

donghyuck caught himself pinching his arm and wincing at the pain. as he acknowledged this was very real, donghyuck caught a glimpse of mark chuckling while looking at him.

this made donghyuck blush. had mark witnessed him pinkcing his own arm to make sure he wasn't dreaming? oh god... how embarrassing...

"okay, so... i have here the list of pairings done based on what we talked about this morning..." the staff pulled a paper out.

the tanned male frowned. he didn't recall talking about anything this morning.

considering he had been the last one to get there, they had surely had the conversation before he even arrived.

"first, younghae. you've been paired with baekhyun." the staff announced as younghae let out a strangled yelp before taking careful steps towards the older super m member. "now, heeyung... you're with taemin."

the staffed called the fans one after the other, pairing each of them with a singer.

younghae was with baekhyun, heeyung with taemin, eunjin with taeyong, miyeon with ten and inhye with kai.

"ryuwon." the staff read his paper. "enjoy your time with lucas."

donghyuck's heart sank as the girl giggled loudly before hopping towards the tall member.

a small part of him hoped he would end up with his bias. but sadly, it wasn't the case. ryuwon had had more luck than him, because she had been paired with her bias.

"and that leaves donghyuck with mark." the staff concluded. "guys, you have two hours to do whatever you'd like. don't hesitate to reach to us if you need to be driven somewhere or anything. and please, be back at 6pm."

the tanned male sighed, diverting his eyes from lucas to mark who was already staring at him.

donghyuck smiled back at him shyly before walking to him.

"so, you have an idea what you'd like to do?" mark asked, crossing his arms over his chest. "i'm all yours for the next two hours." he added with a smirk, making blood rush to donghyuck's cheeks immediately.

the boy may be quite sad not to be paired with his bias, but yeah, maybe staying with mark wouldn't be so bad.